HB2458 • 2025

Relating to a defense to prosecution for the offense of aggravated assault.

Passed Legislature

This bill passed both chambers and reached final enrollment, even if later executive action is not shown here.

Sponsor: Virdell | Guillen | Isaac
Last action: 2025-05-14
Official status: 05/14/2025 S Referred to Criminal Justice
Effective date: Not listed

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Relating to a defense to prosecution for the offense of aggravated assault.

What This Bill Does

Relating to a defense to prosecution for the offense of aggravated assault.

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Bill History

2025-05-14 Texas Legislature Online
Received from the House
2025-05-14 Texas Legislature Online
Read first time
2025-05-14 Texas Legislature Online
Referred to Criminal Justice
2025-05-13 Texas Legislature Online
Read 3rd time
2025-05-13 Texas Legislature Online
Passed
2025-05-13 Texas Legislature Online
Record vote. RV#2278
2025-05-13 Texas Legislature Online
Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
2025-05-13 Texas Legislature Online
Reported engrossed
2025-05-12 Texas Legislature Online
Read 2nd time
2025-05-12 Texas Legislature Online
Passed to engrossment
2025-05-12 Texas Legislature Online
Record vote. RV#2212
2025-05-12 Texas Legislature Online
Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
2025-05-09 Texas Legislature Online
Placed on General State Calendar
2025-05-07 Texas Legislature Online
Considered in Calendars
2025-04-28 Texas Legislature Online
Committee report sent to Calendars
2025-04-25 Texas Legislature Online
Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
2025-04-25 Texas Legislature Online
Committee report distributed
2025-04-22 Texas Legislature Online
Considered in public hearing
2025-04-22 Texas Legislature Online
Reported favorably w/o amendment(s)
2025-04-15 Texas Legislature Online
Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
2025-04-15 Texas Legislature Online
Considered in public hearing
2025-04-15 Texas Legislature Online
Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
2025-04-15 Texas Legislature Online
Left pending in committee
2025-03-17 Texas Legislature Online
Read first time
2025-03-17 Texas Legislature Online
Referred to Criminal Jurisprudence
2025-02-05 Texas Legislature Online
Filed

Official Summary Text

Relating to a defense to prosecution for the offense of aggravated assault.

Current Bill Text

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89(R) HB 2458 - Engrossed version - Bill Text

89R10654 JCG-F

By: Virdell, Guillen, Isaac, et al.

H.B. No. 2458

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT

relating to a defense to prosecution for the offense of aggravated

assault.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:

SECTION 1. Section 22.02, Penal Code, is amended by adding

Subsection (a-1) to read as follows:

(a-1)

It is a defense to prosecution under Subsection (a)(2)

that the actor threatened to cause death or serious bodily injury by

exhibiting a deadly weapon if:

(1)

the actor's threat would be justified under

Chapter 9; and

(2)

the actor reasonably believed that creating an

apprehension that the actor would use the deadly weapon was

immediately necessary to defend the actor against another's use or

attempted use of unlawful force or deadly force.

SECTION 2. The change in law made by this Act applies only

to an offense committed on or after the effective date of this Act.

An offense committed before the effective date of this Act is

governed by the law in effect on the date the offense was committed,

and the former law is continued in effect for that purpose. For

purposes of this section, an offense was committed before the

effective date of this Act if any element of the offense was

committed before that date.

SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.